Martha Jefferson Historic District
519 Lexington Ave
A house, 1911
Not recordedContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
104-5144-0039 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1911 Lucy Y. Eddins built this two-story, two-bay, frame, hipped-roof dwelling in 1911. Eddins's husband, Fountain A. Eddins, was Vice President of James E. Irvine, Co., Inc., a company that sold men's clothing and furnishings and which's board also included other neighborhood residents O.T. Allegree and A.N. Allegree. The house has six concrete steps leading up to the porch that stretches across the entire facade. The porch has a solid concrete balustrade, is supported by three slender Tuscan columns and columns, and features a cornice with dentils. The entrance is in the north bay of the east-facing facade and has a transom. The south bay on the facade's 1st floor has a single window, as do each of the two bays on the upper story; all windows are two/two-sash. The asphalt shingle roof has a slightly projecting cornice lined with dentils and features a gable flush with the facade's south bay with a boxed cornice with return, dentils, and a small louvered window in the center. The house has two brick chimneys that emerge out of the rear portion of the hipped roof. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Garage Contributing Total: 1
Also on the lot
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Individual Resource Status: Garage Contributing Total: 1
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